Harry,
Getting back on this thread in which you unsuccessfully treated this one isolated fish, there are numerous occasions when I may not pay attention to the Subject line, but go right to the meat of the text. When I first read your post, I wasn't aware of what issue you were treating this fish for as you said nothing concerning the disease in your text. I only first knew of what disease this was when Dawn mentioned it in her post. Yes, I suppose reading the Subject line always helps (LOL), but I dismissed looking further seeing that this was after the fact, in that the fish had died, and there was no way to reverse that; I focused on you question of how best to continue using this tank.
Now realizing that you were treating against Fin & Tail Rot, it may not have been a case in which you were too late in treating. Erythromycin, as good as it is, is NOT the medication of choice in treating against Fin & Tail Rot. I'm a bit surprised that if you were at all in question as to what to use, that you didn't at least refer to the archives. Some of us have outlined in the past, just what medications are to be used for this disease. Fin & Tail Rot is mainly a bacterial issue, but since fungus is an opportunist secondary disease that attacks damaged and dying tissue after bacteria have invaded, this often accompanies the bacterial pathogen. Erythromycin is an antibiotic (bacticide) and not a broad-spectrum one at that, and will not adversely affect fungus. Medications of choice would be either Jungle's Fungus Eliminator (or Jungle's Fungus Clear), or Aquarium Pharmaceutical's Furan 2 -- all containing both Nitrofurazone and Furazolidone. And don't be mislead by the word "Fungus" in the label's description; these two ingredients are some of the best in treating against broad-spectrum bacterial issues. Continuing with Erythromycin would do absolutely nothing in eliminating this disease.
Ray
--- In AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com, "dawnshungryeyes4u2c" <dawnshungryeyes4u2c@...> wrote:
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> I agree with Ray 100% on everything he said. Fin rot is usually both bacterial (gram negative AND gram positive both) and fungal infections together, so disinfecting the tank with a bleach water solution will help to ensure that the next fish are safe. Erythromycin can be great to eradicate gram negative bacteria, but will do little to nothing for gram positive bacteria, and it will do nothing for fungus, either. As Ray said, disinfecting the tank is a cheap insurance policy.
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> Dawn
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> --- In AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com, harry perry <harryfisherman@> wrote:
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> > I treated with E.M. Erythromycin. Not soon enough. The fish died.
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> > There was only one fish in this tank.
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> > Do I have to disenfect this tank or can I continue with the
> > E.M. Erythromycin.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Harry
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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